Stratasys declares monetary outcomes for Q1 2020

Main 3D printer OEM Stratasys has introduced monetary outcomes for the primary quarter of 2020.

The outcomes present a complete income of $132.9 million for Q1 2020. This determine represents a 14.four % decline in comparison with income generated by the corporate for a similar interval in 2019, which was $155.three million.

Stratasys explains that the discount in income was pushed primarily by the antagonistic results of the COVID-19 pandemic. The well being disaster had an influence on the corporate’s clients all through the industries into which Stratasys sells its services. Talking with traders and analysts throughout an earnings name, Yoav Zeif, Chief Govt Officer of Stratasys feedback: “The decline in Q1 gross sales [is] clearly because of a significant portion of our buyer base being successfully shut down on buying and consumption perspective. As a reminder, our income positive factors are typically backend loaded, with a good portion of enterprise coming within the closing few weeks of the quarter. ”

Additional commenting on Stratasys’ place to take care of the present pandemic, Zeif states: “We’re well-prepared to handle the downturn with a robust stability sheet and give attention to value management and money era. We’ve got over $325 million in money and equivalents and no debt. Our engagement degree with our clients stays excessive and the demand for our techniques is powerful.”

Income at Stratasys is reported throughout two segments: Merchandise and Providers. Every year, the Merchandise division, which contains 3D printers and supplies, accounts for the most important share of total income. The Providers section, however, pertains to the corporate’s on-demand manufacturing and consultancy choices.

Income $ hundreds Q1 2020 Q1 2019 Variance $ hundreds %

Merchandise 83,172 105,091 -21,919 -20.86%

Providers 49,735 50,209 -474 -Zero.94%

Complete Income 132,907 155,300 -22,393 -14.42%

In Q1 2020, Stratasys Merchandise generated $83.2 million in income, in comparison with $105.1 million for Q1 2019, representing a 20.9 % lower. Throughout the Merchandise section, income generated by 3D printer gross sales declined 39.5 % in Q1 2020 in comparison with the identical interval final yr. Consumables income additionally decreased by 5.eight % in comparison with Q1 2019.

Income generated by Stratasys’ Providers section was reported at $49.7 million for Q1 2020, a Zero.9 % lower in comparison with Q1 2019, the place income for the section got here in at $50.2 million.

The decline in income has been largely attributed by Stratasys to the impact of the COViD-19 pandemic on its key buyer markets. The corporate explains that almost all of its gross sales for Q1 arrive within the closing weeks of the quarter, across the time the worldwide influence of the pandemic was beginning to be felt. Detailing the influence of the well being disaster throughout the earnings name, Zeif feedback: “With our clients shutting down, we’re being impacted primarily in aerospace and automotive. A few of our main dental clients [have also shut down], and naturally, training, which is certainly one of our important verticals.”

Within the first quarter of 2020, Stratasys unveiled two new techniques in its PolyJet vary of color 3D printers. In February, the corporate launched the Stratasys J826, a system aimed toward enterprises with mid-volume modeling necessities throughout sectors starting from shopper items and electronics, automotive and academic establishments.

Two weeks in the past, on the finish of April, Stratasys additionally unveiled its new J55 PolyJet 3D printer, geared in the direction of skilled designers and engineers. In keeping with Stratasys, the J55 is a smaller however equally succesful counterpart to the corporate’s J8 collection.

Commenting on the launch of the system within the wake of the pandemic, Zeif explains that the launch of the J55 can be delayed: “We had initially deliberate to launch new merchandise within the again half of this yr, primarily in This fall. Because of the present state of affairs, it’s clear that the return on funding of promoting, commerce exhibits, journey and different bills wanted to launch could be severely restricted in a temperate spending atmosphere. As a way to maximise the influence and to keep away from any potential provide chain points. We imagine it makes rather more sense to attend and within the first half of 2021.”

The Stratasys J55. Picture through Stratasys.

Coping with the results of the COVID-19 pandemic

As a way to take care of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Stratasys has outlined plenty of measures it has taken throughout the earnings name, primarily revolving round worker security, preserving liquidity, sustaining enterprise continuity and mitigating prices. Lilach Payorski, CFO at Stratasys, defined a few of the value management measures that the corporate took: “Initially journey, we are going to see some value management on that. Working from house, which has impacted our total upkeep value, a non-essential hiring freeze, successfully a 20 % wage discount for all our workers and executives.”

Zeif additionally discusses the benefits of 3D printing that has been demonstrated by the neighborhood’s response to assist fight the COVID-19 virus: “It’s clear that this disaster has helped generate important consciousness that 3D printing is changing into important for accelerating and enhancing design, rushing up time to market and manufacturing, and creating much less dependent and extra resilient world provide chains, together with localized digital stock and distributed manufacturing.”

On an outlook for the remainder of the yr, Zeif explains within the name that, because the U.S. and different markets are nonetheless successfully closed, there’s an excessive amount of uncertainty to supply an inexpensive estimate of the full-year monetary influence associated to COVID-19. The corporate has thus withdrawn its monetary steering for 2020. Foreseeing a full quarter of COVID-19 impacts, Zeif states: “We presently anticipate a sequential income decline of 5 to 10 %.”

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Featured picture exhibits half 3D printed on the J55. Picture through Stratasys.